Athens Grease Festival: Bound to Make Your Mouth Water

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Athens Grease Festival, September 29th in Downtown Athens, AL

11:00 am - 10:00 pm

Tickets are $5, $4 for toga wearers, Children 12 & Under get in free

VIP tickets are available for $50 on website - Includes access to air conditioned lounge area to cool off or watch some football, event poster, festival admission, five (5) activity tickets, food and wine/beer from 4:00 - 7:00 pm.

Food vendors will sell a variety of food including some of the following in fried form - oreos, nutter butters, bologna sandwiches, ribs, etc.

The event is organized by the Spirit of Athens, a non profit organization dedicated to the revitalization of downtown Athens. Proceeds from the event will benefit SOA and improvement projects downtown.